A Daft Punk "How'd they make that sound?" Thread

[Kidney05]

Hey everyone,
Was listening to "Human After All" in the car and wondering about a few techniques DP used for this record-- in particular, the way they create their vocals for Human After All and Robot Rock... has anyone looked into these techniques?
Feel free to post any other q's about other songs as well, they have some of the best sounds--

Quick refresher-- some Daft Punk gear includes
Juno 106
Arp Odyssey
Minimoog
Alesis 3630

[tunedLow]

I love the distorted 303 bassline on Da Funk. I've been told it's a 303 through a Rat ProCo - however I have a FR-Revolution and a Rat, and I can't get that rubbery sound that they have.

[Alex E]

I've actually wondered the same thing. Human After All was created with a very minimal setup so I'm not sure.

[Horace]

For Da Funk, I think they ran a 303 thru a Boss Metal Zone. As for the vocals, it sounds crispier than any vocoder I've heard so far.

Check out pattern 03 for some Funk
http://www.acidvoice.com/tb_303_famous_patterns.php

[tunedLow]

For Da Funk, I think they ran a 303 thru a Boss Metal Zone. As for the vocals, it sounds crispier than any vocoder I've heard so far.

Check out pattern 03 for some Funk
http://www.acidvoice.com/tb_303_famous_patterns.php

Right on. Well, whatever they put it through, it has always stood out for me to be a really cool bass sound.

[mama.]

there's a patch on one of the digitech rp multis called "yaya" which sounds exactly like someone saying "ya"

the patch is just one LFO sweeping both a filter cutoff and flanger delay time.

maybe daft punk has patches something similar with analog gear to get their synths more vocal? (at least for the synths that dont seem to be vocoder)

[skizzle]

not really on topic(human after all), but other gear they used(on discovery) was the vp-9000. i mainly used it for vocal chops and formant stuff when i owned it. i'm noticing certain-patterns when it comes to that duo.

...in case you missed this thread

[nogginj]

have yall heard the raw tracks from the human after all sessions?
a lot of it is basically layers upon layers of guitars with the fx chains outboard and recorded in (not a lot of post-process-fx).
then layered.
then layered some more.
and more layers.

also, there is a 303 in the da funk, but the main synth is an ms-20.

[schmidtc]

I've also read they use a Modcan A series modular and a Mutator filter.

[Kidney05]

have yall heard the raw tracks from the human after all sessions?
a lot of it is basically layers upon layers of guitars with the fx chains outboard and recorded in (not a lot of post-process-fx).
then layered.
then layered some more.
and more layers.

also, there is a 303 in the da funk, but the main synth is an ms-20.

Where'd you hear these tracks!?

Also, love the drums on robot rock

[nogginj]

i believe its these:
http://theworldisdaft.wordpress.com/201 ... and-beats/

i did not make that page and its just the first thing that came up when i googled. its very cool stuff - definitely a nice peek into how they do what they do.

i originally acquired them privately.

[n3wt15]

I bet it was made with a voyager RME

[mharris80]

I bet it was made with a voyager RME

I still think it's awesome that they use 2 BCR2000's onstage. Only $150 apiece, but dammit they get the job done!

[Stab Frenzy]

It's not the gear, it's the ear.

[Kidney05]

It's not the gear, it's the ear.

i was hoping this topic wouldn't turn into "what gear do they have so i can copy" and rather it be "how did they make interesting sound X"